For a majlis sofa in Bakersfield, send your room measurements to Sofhu. The manufacturer builds raised Arabic majlis sets and Yemeni-style floor sofa sets in Türkiye, cut to your walls and filled with 32 kg/m³ high-density foam, then ships them free to Bakersfield. Covers unzip and wash at 30°C, which suits the dust and heat of a Valley summer.
- Made by
- Sofhu, manufacturer, in Türkiye
- Popular here
- Full-room U-shape sets, as a raised majlis or a floor sofa
- Set can include
- Seats, backrests, armrests, rug, curtains, ottoman
- Foam
- 32 kg/m³ (32 DNS), softer or firmer on request
- Covers
- Zippered, machine washable at 30°C
- Delivery to Bakersfield
- Free shipping to your door
On this page
Yemeni families have worked the farms of the San Joaquin Valley for generations, and Bakersfield is one of the Valley cities, with Fresno, Delano, Stockton and Modesto, where they put down roots. In many of those homes one room matters more than the rest: the diwan, lined wall to wall with seating. A majlis sofa in Bakersfield is most often ordered for that room, and Sofhu builds it to the measurements you send.
There are two ways to furnish it, and Sofhu makes both. The Arabic majlis, like the mustard velvet U-shape at the top of this page, is a raised set at sofa height with an upholstered base, fixed backs and arm bolsters. The Arabic floor sofa is the low version: a seat mattress at floor level with loose back cushions and armrest blocks.
The room a majlis sofa in Bakersfield is built for
The Yemeni sitting room is a place to stay a while. In Sana’a the afternoon gathering has its own name, the maqil, and the rooms that hold it are furnished around the edges so that everyone faces everyone else. Many families keep that habit in California. The house may be a Valley tract home, but the guest room is arranged the familiar way.
Sofhu’s Yemeni-style floor sofa sets are made as complete rooms. Seat cushions, back pillows and armrests form the perimeter, as in the navy star-pattern floor sofa below. A rug or kilim, curtains and an ottoman can be made to match. The Yemeni diwan and mafraj page describes the tradition, and Sofhu’s own Yemeni majlis page lists what a set contains. For the wider American picture, read Yemeni majlises for the USA.
Room for a full U-shape
Many Bakersfield houses are single-storey with room to spare, which is good news for a diwan. A bedroom or den given over to guests can usually take seating on three walls, and a long living room can take an L with a single row facing it.
Measure like this:
- Each wall, corner to corner, at floor level.
- The door: which wall, how far from the corner, and which way it swings.
- Windows, with the height of the sill above the floor, so backrests sit below it.
- Anything on the wall or floor: heater, vent, outlet, cable point.
The room measuring guide shows a worked example, and the L-shape and U-shape guide helps you decide between the two.
Heat, dust and covers that wash
Valley summers are extremely hot and dry, and fine dust gets into every house. Choose fabric and care with that in mind.
- Covers come off. Every cover is zippered and can be machine washed at 30°C. In a hosting room that is used hard, this is the feature you will thank yourself for.
- Linen breathes. Sofhu describes its linen as porous, absorbent and refreshing in hot weather.
- Velvet lasts. Velvet is the classic choice for a formal guest room, durable and easy to clean, and it is comfortable where the room is cooled. The beige velvet set below is a raised majlis.
- Do not tumble dry velvet covers. Hang them. In Bakersfield air they dry quickly.
Foam for long sittings
A seat that hosts for hours needs foam that does not give up. Sofhu fills its cushions with 32 kg/m³ polyurethane foam and no springs. Density is the amount of material in the cushion. It is not the same thing as hardness, so a dense cushion can still be made softer or firmer, and Sofhu offers both. The article on foam density for floor seating explains the numbers.
On a floor sofa the cushion thickness can also be chosen. Older relatives often prefer a higher, firmer seat that is easier to rise from, which is one reason to consider a raised majlis.
Colours and patterns
The navy floor sofa with cream stars shown earlier on this page is a Sofhu design that appears on many of its floor sofa sets. It is one option among many. The mustard L-shape below is a velvet majlis. Mustard, beige and gold, black and cream, deep green: colour, pattern and trim are all open, and the Arabic majlis hub shows the range.
Delivery to Bakersfield
Sofhu has no shop in Bakersfield or anywhere in California. The set is made in Türkiye, vacuum packed and shipped free to your door. Duty or tax under US customs rules may apply to the shipment, so ask how it is handled when you get your price.
To start, send measurements and photos through the quote page or on WhatsApp. Statewide details are on Arabic sofas in California. Other California guides cover Los Angeles and, for Afghan-style seating, Fremont.
